>> i don't think you can go through a career without interaction with the bottom or other vessels. >> reporter: in those past incidents, the captain was ordered to do practice runs up the rivers and ports as he was not as familiar with those areas at the time. what will happen this time is unclear but as of this afternoon, captain kleess is on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the investigation. >> we talked about the fog, tricky currents, but are these bar pilots trained to handle those types of conditions near the bridge? >> reporter: that is specifically what they get paid for. these guys make more than $400,000. they are hired by these big boats to come through. and you know what? they are paid to avoid having these collisions. so as treacherous as anybody has been out on this bay knows how treacherous it can be, these guys get paid for it and that's why they're taking the hit and that's why we're having it larger conversation about

what's appropriate and when to be on the bay because so much is at stake. >> thank you, joe vazquez. governor brown says the federal government is trying to make california more dangerous. >> so he is taking the feds to court and it all that is to do with the state's prison overcrowding problem. the situation, of course, better than a few years ago but cbs 5 reporter grace lee shows us there is still more work to be done. >> reporter: this goes back to 2009 when a federal panel of judges ruled that california prisons were overcrowded to the point of being unconstitutional. with the governor's proclamation today he says that era is over and we should not have to comply with a federal prison population cap anymore. >> today i have signed this proclamation stating that the troubled situation in california prisons has been remedied. >> reporter: that situation is overcrowding at the state's 33 prisons with conditions so bad

that a federal court ruled it was cruel and unusual punishment. the feds then ruled the state had to reduce its prison population by the thousands. since 2006, the governor says they have moved or released 43,000 inmates. >> the prisons are now being run well and there's no further need for this kind of prison cap. >> reporter: in fact, the governor says releasing any more prisoners to comply with a federal mandate could endanger public safety. >> make no mistake about it. releasing a prisoner who is convicted of serious and dangerous crimes is not in the public interest. >> no, that's absolutely false. the governor is well aware that there are a number of safe ways that the state can continue to reduce prison overcrowding without having any impact on crime rates on public safety. >> reporter: rebecca from the prison law office says prisoners are still dying at an alarming rate because of poor

medical and mental health services. she believes releasing low level offenders will save the state hundreds of millions of dollars. >> it's deplorable for the governor. >> reporter: the aclu director of criminal justice says this is politics at its worst. he says inmates suffer by being kept in crowded prisons and california voters pay the process at $50,000 per year per prisoner. >> because the legislature and the governor are refusing and unwilling to really adopt -- move away from the politics of fear and the fear being labeled soft on crime. >> reporter: just to be clear, neither the aclu or prison law office is suggesting that the state release dangerous criminals. but there are thousands of low level drug offenders who are currently behind bars and they say just look at proposition 36. it's a sign of the times. modifies the "three strikes" law so only serious or dangerous third strikers could be sent to prison for life. and allen, that passed in every

county in the state. >> thank you, grace lee. a close call at a landmark shopping center in palo alto. a car drove into one of the stores at town & country village on el camino real at 2 p.m. today. nobody was hurt. mrs. are investigating what happened. the man accused of killing two bystanders in a crash while fleeing police in the mission district has pleaded not guilty. david morales was arraigned today on charges of murder and attempted murder. police say the new year's day crash happened just 15 minutes after morales fired a gun at three young men in a nearby housing complex. we're still waiting for results of today's autopsy on a petaluma teenager who died in south lake tahoe. investigators say 19-year-old alyssa byrne likely became disoriented and then took off her ski jacket before she died. byrne went missing after the snow globe music festival on new year's eve. her body was found in a snow drift three days later.

state standardized tests are about to get a makeover. students will be seeing less multiple choice questions and more critical thinking problems. cbs 5 reporter ann notarangelo with the reason for the change. reporter: teaching to the test seems to sum up what's wrong with public education but a new proposal outlined by the state superintendent of schools promises to be different. >> and i think parents across the state of california will be pleased to see a system that gets their students ready for the jobs and careers out there. >> reporter: there are 12 recommendations for revamping student testing. the most immediate, suspending star testing next year for second graders and make the switch to the new test. science assessments will be added and the state will consider alternatives to the current high school exit exam. a representative of the san ramon valley unified school district was excited. when was the last time you heard that? >> most of the teachers that i talk to say this is great because it allows us to be creative again. >> reporter: the goal is to phase out rote memorization and develop critical thinking and

problem solving skills. eventually all students will take the test on computers and no two tests will be the same. the computer asks questions based on a student's previous answer to pinpoint what they know. >> it's going to enable teachers to pinpoint how they put together their lessons, how thief that individual child. >> reporter: 44 other states have adopted what's called the common core state standard. >> to be able to compare state to state district to district, and more importantly, it's going to be able to allow districts, schools, teachers, parents, students to really understand where they are in regards to their education. >> reporter: the state legislature still needs to approve the new testing guidelines but if it does so, then come the fall of 2014, there will be a whole new grading system for public education in california. in san ramon, ann notarangelo, cbs 5. workers at the oakland

school district headquarters arrived at work to find their building flooded. someone apparently left a tap open in a custodian closet overnight. the water damaged every floor of the building at 1025 second avenue. damage is significant enough that the staff will move to another building during repairs. you know, in most cases, copper thieves get away with it. not necessarily in vallejo. cbs 5 reporter don ford explains how the school district set up a sting to catch a suspected thief. >> reporter: when vallejo high students returned from christmas break, they found something different. the power was still on. >> it's because the kids came back to the facilities that were not damaged by a copper thief. >> reporter: for years, the district has been plagued by copper thieves during the christmas break when the buildings were empty. the assistant student, mel jordan, says the thieves are tenacious. >> last year, we had somewhere in the neighborhood of

repeatedly activity at one site over $100,000 worth of just vandalism and thievery of copper. >> we have had a lot of copper thefts at pretty much districtwide. >> reporter: but not this year thanks to the site safety team who said enough was enough. volunteering to work 24-hour shifts including christmas morning, chrisand victor caught their man. >> we got him cornered in and called vallejo pd and arrested him. >> reporter: police arrested a 29-year-old man charged with felony theft of personal property and possession of methamphetamine. >> we were fortunate enough to catch him this time. >> reporter: new the district says their guard is up. >> trying to grab some copper be prepared to be caught. >> if you do, then you have to deal with the site safety team. >> reporter: in vallejo, don ford, cbs 5. a slice of europe in san jose. the new plan to make dining out more enjoyable. >> a familiar clash between wildlife and the urban world.

the bay area neighborhood with a coyote problem. >> we have a cold problem coming up soon. these numbers over my shoulder are the lowest temperatures so far this winter. san jose down to 31. san francisco 36. find out when we likely will be even colder than that. coming up. and it happens all the time. you wait around forever only to get stood up by the cable guy. how you can get paid if they don't show up. well, well well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer

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green light. cbs reporter len ramirez is in san jose where businesses are in favor of the one- ye the san jose city council is considering giving curbside cafes the green light. cbs 5 reporter len ramirez in san jose where businesses are in favor of the one year pilot program. >> in this space here we only lose one parking space and one brake zone. >> reporter: most restaurant owners would cringe at the thought of losing even one parking space in front of their best but george sanchez in downtown san jose envisions the ambience of outdoor dining at chachos. >> i think it makes sense not just for our restaurant but for the whole city.

>> reporter: in place of the cars and the curbs. >> this is a huge trend. everybody is moving on outdoor dining kind of taking back some of the streets and parking lots and sidewalks. >> reporter: sanchez hired an architect to pencil in ideas for what he calls a parklet, essentially a wooden deck extending the sidewalk to allow for tables, chairs and planters. >> this doesn't cost the city anything. >> reporter: it's an idea supported by a councilmember who says let business owners create their own curb cafes in business districts throughout san jose. >> we think this is a great opportunity for us to bring more vitality to our streetscape. >> reporter: the city is now launching a private program modeled after parklets in other cities. >> just being outside, we live in an area where we have good weather all year round and i enjoy the sun. it's kind of a different experience. >> when cities have this type of dining area, more people from outside of the area will come here. >> reporter: and that's the whole idea. george sanchez says his parklet will cost him and his partners $25,000. they are betting the cost will be easy to swallow.

>> we're anticipating a 15 to 20% jump in business because of this. >> reporter: san jose has tried this idea once before but in the earlier version it was the city that paid for the cost of the parklet. in this version the business owners will pay including about $600 in fees and a one-time permit of $75. len ramirez, cbs 5. always stuck in traffic? a new study says you can blame a small group of drivers for the majority of bay area gridlock. researchers from uc-berkeley and mit tracked more than 350,000 drivers through their cell phone and gps signals. when a group came from outlying neighborhoods to travel long distances at the same time, they often clogged up the freeways. caltrans says it may put in more metering lights to spread out the volume in frequently congested areas. coyotes in the bay area's urban centers becoming a bigger

problem as the animals and humans come into increasing contact with each other. the twin peaks area in san francisco is reporting an uptick in coyote sightings. one neighbor we spoke to says pets in his neighborhood have started disappearing. wildlife experts say people should bring their pets in at night and secure their outside trash. a beloved primary living at the san francisco zoo for nearly 50 years has died. cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington says zookeepers and visitors said good-bye today to the primate, the matriarch of the chimpanzees. >> reporter: she had been a favorite at the san francisco zoo since she was arrived back in 1967. known for her expressive face, some say resembles yoda and her habit of wrapping herself in blankets. tallulah the matriarch of the chimpanzees died on sunday. she had heart failure related to breast cancer. >> i don't think it was necessarily a surprise for us, but it still is stunning and shocking to lose someone who really was very much a part of our zoo family for so many

years. >> reporter: tallulah was the oldest animal at the zoo in her mid-50s and had lived there the longest. her death has been hard on staff, who say she had a strong connection with humans. before coming here, she had been raised as a pet. >> she was a very intelligent chimpanzee. she had a personality that was just larger than life. >> reporter: her loss, a surprise to visitors who met with her picture and announcement of her passing outside the chimp exhibit. >> that's really sad. we come here all the time. >> reporter: the other chimpanzees, the three have also been here since the 1960s. they have been quiet in her absence. the zoo staff is sad she is gone but she left behind a legacy. she was instrumental in research on older animals and inspired the zoo to implement techniques to improve their care. zoo staff say they are thinking about getting a guest book that people can sign with their favorite memories of tallulah. the other three chimps although also old are in good health. elissa harrington, cbs 5.

they are majestic. when you go to the zoo it's neat to watch them. it's fascinating how they move and how they interact with each other. >> and they have been so long, more than one generation of bay area residents have met tallulah. numbers in half moon bay with no fog 65. oakland fog for a little bit 64. redwood city 63. then at the bottom of the list i put up concord because you didn't shake the fog until about lunchtime. were you 12 degrees cooler than half moon bay. you had a high today in concord only 53 degrees. nothing on the radar right now. that will change by this time tomorrow. we'll have showers moving through. vallejo, santa rosa, showers tomorrow. but not today. high pressure gave us poor air quality today as high pressure condensed pollution down to the lowest levels of the atmosphere. tomorrow the atmosphere will get mixed up a lot by a front that's going to move through. the front will give us

scattered showers tomorrow. behind the front we'll get the tap directly from alaska shoving all the way down into southern california by thursday. snow level down to 1500 feet. afternoon highs down to the 40s for most of us. and overnight lows friday morning down to the 20s away from the water, even san francisco will flirt with the freezing mark coming up on friday morning. so big change coming up tomorrow as that front moves through. scattered showers late tomorrow. not much moisture out there but that's a low snow level for us and lows in the 20s and 30s on friday morning. mid-50s tomorrow the mildest day of about the next five. back down to normal for oakland. average is 56 tomorrow. 56. fremont 54. napa 56. mountain view 55 degrees. here's your extended forecast calling for highs in the 50s and 40s. friday a couple of degrees milder. that's it. saturday partly sunny skies. next monday and tuesday drier

and sunnier and milder highs approaching 60 degrees. but this is going to feel downright cold especially friday morning. we are talking about several hours below freezing away from the water and san francisco, 33, 34 degrees. >> that's cold. >> that's ugg boots weather. >> plants need to be protected. >> even cover the bibs. >> thank you for finishing that sentence for me. >> can't help it. >> i'm thinking of a 2-year-old kid. >> i'm thinking lobster! >> now i'm hungry. thank you, allen. >> welcome. just when you maybe unwrapped that new hdtv for christmas something newer and better is on the way. the ultra hd tv was all the talk at the first day of the consumer electronics show in las vegas. they are sharper and bigger but they are not cheap. the 55" uhd will be around $10,000. >> i don't want to see myself.

>> i don't either. [ laughter ] just your presence will scare all the seagulls away. >> call them dumpster defenders. the bay area city using special guards to keep gulls away from the garbage. and it's one of the most popular hikes in the bay area. amazing new photos of an iconic landmark crumbling in a matter of seconds. [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ]

when the seagull problem at the san francisco dump got to be too much, recology called in sky and ground patrols. c-b-s 5 reporter spent the day call them reinforcements. when the seagull problem at the san francisco dump got to be too much, recology called in ground and air patrols. cbs 5 reporter patrick sedillo spent the day with these unusual guards. >> reporter: for san franciscans, this is a familiar sight. seagulls hovering waiting to swoop in for ballpark leftovers. but the bigger problems are at the dump. >> we do bird control here for recology and our mission is to keep the seagulls from coming

into the buildings and from interfering with the operators of the equipment. >> reporter: at recology where everybody's garbage goes, the gulls go there, too. keenly aware of the food supply. >> a lot of food. so they know where the food source is. this transmitter operates on megahertz frequency. >> reporter: meet indigo redondo. >> it opens up and tells me where the bird is. >> reporter: the birdman of recology. he has been a falconer ever since he was 16. and his falcons act as guards. >> it works well w . just their presence scares the seagulls away. >> reporter: nina has been working here for two years. he keeps her weight up and weighs her every day so she doesn't start preying on seagulls. >> she follows me where i g she will follow me from building to building. >> reporter: the intention is not to kill or harmony of the seagulls. just keep them back. and indigo nino wanda and his border collie are here every

day standing guard on the ground and in the air. reporting from san francisco, patrick sedillo, cbs 5. you think indigo has a stressful job? do you need a break from your stressful job? the website career cast put together a list of the least stressful jobs. number one is university professor. followed by seamstress or tailor, medical records technician third, jeweler fourth, medical lab technician. not surprisingly, careercast says jobs where nobody is watching over your shoulder is key to lower blood pressure and stress. by the way, the mos stressful job is in the military. his eagle scout application was denied because he is gay. the small victory tonight for a bay area boy scout. >> plus, she is one of the most well known victims of gun violence. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords takes a stand on the anniversary of the tucson

shootings. >> and 27 seconds of terror. a court hears heart-wrenching 911 calls from the colorado movie theater massacre.

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now at 6:30, the ringing of bells marks two years since the tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and injured 12 others. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords was among the 12 wounded. now she is using the anniversary of the shootings to take action. and as cbs reporter danielle nottingham shows us, giffords and her husband are making a new push for more gun control. >> reporter: tucson residents rang bells to remember those injured and killed when a gunman targeted former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. two years later she and her husband are launching a political action committee to lobby for more gun control. >> the newtown massacre changed the conversation among the american public. >> reporter: dan gross is the president of the brady center to prevent gun violence. he says many americans

including gun owners now see an urgent need for laws that will help prevent mass shootings. >> congress hasn't gotten the message yet from the american public. >> reporter: in a "usa today" op. ed. they wrote it was extraordinary that congress has done nothing to curb gun violence in the two years since she was shot. larry ward is organizing a national gun appreciation day. on january 19th, he wants gun owners to vote with their wallets and attend a gun show, go to a shooting range or buy some extra ammo. >> this is the kind of moment where our freedoms are at stake and our constitutional rights are at stake. >> reporter: president obama has tasked vice president biden with delivering new proposals to curb gun violence. this week he is getting input from victim groups and gun owners. a national rifle association representative will be at thursday's meeting. the vice president will also sit down with representatives

from the videogame industry. the president has also asked the task force to look into ways to improve mental health. in washington, danielle nottingham, cbs 5. meanwhile, in newtown, connecticut, local businesses are getting a $500,000 grant from the state. it's supposed to make up for lost business after the school shooting last month. road closings and crowds paying their respects at the memorials shut down as many as 16 businesses around town for almost two weeks after a gunman killed 20 students and six educators at sandy hook elementary school. heart-wrenching 911 calls from the colorado movie theater massacre were played at a preliminary hearing for suspected gunman james holmes today. now, police testified 30 gunshots could be heard during the very first phone call. and an fbi agent showed the court photos from inside holmes' apartment and described how it was meticulously rigged

to explode. the 25-year-old suspect is accused of murdering 12 people and wounding dozens more in the shooting rampage last july. a problem tonight for the country's new potential cia director. john brennan is president obama's pick to be the next head of the cia but senator lindsey graham is threatening to delay brennan's confirmation until he gets answers about the deadly assault in libya that killed the u.s. ambassador and three other americans. the white house says the cia position is essential and needs to be filled without delay. the san francisco board of supervisors has elected david chu president for a third term. the 42-year-old chu was reelected by his fellow supervisors in a unanimous vote. he appoints chairs, members of board committees and running the full board's regular meetings. each term is two years. new at 6:00, the white house's top drug cop is no fan of san francisco's pot policies but cbs reporter jennifer

mistrot says that didn't stop him from showing up at a courthouse to find out how the city deals with those who break the drug laws. >> reporter: president obama's drug czar was in town today on a learning mission. >> he is very interested in alternatives to incarceration and he says that president obama is just as interested too. >> reporter: the director of the national drug control policy is here to see how an alternative court handles its drug cases. the community justice center is an offshoot of the san francisco superior court. 50% of defendants appear before this court on drug-related charges. >> these were people who were looking to potentially do three to five more years in jail if they didn't change their lives. >> reporter: this court looks to treatment as the solution not incarceration. during the last four years, nearly 5,000 defendants have been given access to shelter, mental health care and drug treatment. >> we're overincarcerating people. we have to look at alternatives

to sentencing. >> reporter: san francisco's public agencies see the director's visit as a scouting trip of sorts. in 2012, president obama outlined his national drug control strategy. on the list of action items, support drug and other problem solving courts. >> until we see direct action coming from the obama administration, we're just not going to believe them. >> reporter: legalization advocates like the san francisco drug users union want their voices heard in the national debate. incarceration versus legalization. >> i'm not now using any illegal substances. but i have been greatly affected as a drug user. from issues to gaining employment again after drug convictions and drug arrests. >> reporter: but to some, federal pot club closures and continued possession arrests are a sign that drug users will still end up behind bars. >> these courts are an important step towards giving

peopl an option. it won't work for everybody. >> reporter: those involved hope today's visit leads to national changes in drug policy. director, you don't have time for one question? but the drug czar isn't talking. in san francisco, jennifer mistrot, cbs 5. a san francisco judge says the nation's largest medical marijuana dispensary can stay open for now. the judge found the landlords of harborside health center have no right to force the dispensary to shut down. the owners of the oakland and san jose locations have been trying to evict the dispensary after the feds threatened to seize the property. small victory for a moraga teenager whose eagle scout application was denied because he's gay. ryan and dreessen's story made national headlines. a petition drive got more than 460,000 signatures. his local scouting chapter approved his application. but it could still be denied by the national council. the university of california has spent more than $4 million marketing its new

online classes. but so far, we are told only one student has taken a class. the university began offering 14 digital courses a year ago. unlike the uc, stanford and harvard offer online college courses but they are free. uc officials say the fact that their courses allow students to interact with professors and fellow students they say more students will be signing up. coming up, we have all been there waiting for hours for the workmen. >> not only nobody came but nobody bothered to call me. >> now is a chance to get money if they waste your time. >> forget the action on the field. the real breakout star from last night's bcs championship game. y son fishing every year. we had a great spot not easy to find, but worth it. with copd making it hard to breathe i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms.

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other professionals are now charging clients who fail to show-up for appointments.. but what about when you get more and more doctors, therapist and other professionals are charging clients who fail to show up for their appointments but what about when you get stuck waiting for a repair or delivery person who doesn't show up? as cbs 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts explains, you could get some compensation too. >> thank you for calling comcast. >> reporter: she has called comcast so many times recently, she even has a name for the hold music. >> the hoyty. >> reporter: her internet service went down on december 26 not the best time of year for a service problem. she couldn't even reach a service representative at comcast for four days, she said. >> the first thing you always hear is that they have a high volume of calls. >> reporter: when she finally did get someone, he was in the philippines. she says he set up a service appointment to switch out her modem the following monday but no one showed up. >> nobody came and nobody bothered to call me. >> reporter: an expensive hassle for the single mother who took the morning off work

to wait. >> so here i am, no comcast. no internet. >> reporter: comcast has a customer service guarantee which promises customers a $20 credit if the serviceman is late or doesn't show but california law goes a big step further. it allows customers to collect up to $600 in damages if a repair or delivery person fails to show up within an agreed- upon four-hour window provided the company has 25 or more employees. >> this puts the pressure on the companies to live up to their commitments. >> reporter: law professor robert talbot says companies are allowed to change plans but they are supposed to inform the customer first. >> they try and reach the customer and the customer isn't available, there isn't any liability. >> reporter: but anya orr says she is done wasting time. in order to collect damages, she would have to sue them in small claims court and prove how much the no show actually cost her. she says that simply is not worth it. she just wants her internet. >> nothing. no response whatsoever.

>> reporter: we're happy to report she finally has internet. we contacted comcast for her. the company sent a repairment the next day and comcast has given her a credit of about $70 and an apology. call us if you need help at 1- 888-5-helps-u or go to cbssf.com/consumerwatch. they may be good for the environment but they can be a nightmare for pedestrians. those unintentionally stealthy hybrids can sneak up on you, sometimes with disastrous results. so the national transportation safety board is asking carmakers to add some noise. the agency says a little sound do prevent nearly 3,000 accidents per year. it started with a giant crack. a familiar landmark on a popular bay area beach is erased in a matter of seconds. we talked to the man who saw it all go down. >> beautiful day in san jose

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this cell phone video shows just minutes after the couple said "i do" aboard a h well, a bumpy start to married life for two newlyweds in san diego. this cell phone video shown minutes after the couple said i do aboard a hot air balloon. a gust of wind took it and the 14 people on board for one wild ride before finally crash- landing in a residential area. part of the balloon even covered a house. >> we hit and bounced. i got a little worried when we hit the fence and i thought, well, if the fence doesn't stop us then we're going down this hill. >> that was scary. talk about take the plunge. one person did suffer a minor back injury. but it didn't put an end to

their special day. the couple and their wedding party continued the celebration with dinner. yesterday, we told you about the end of a bay area natural landmark. now we can show you how it happened. >> a geology student captured images of the collapse. these ones in fact. the famous arch at tennessee bali beach along the marin county coast crashed down last month. cbs 5 reporter john ramos talked to the man who saw it come down. reporter: they say earth's geology is a study of time and pressure. and that was put on display 10 days ago when the familiar arch at tennessee beach in marin county came crashing down. >> who i saw it, i was like what, what? >> reporter: lindsey sinclair grew up with the arch. >> we would hike up over the hills and go down to the beach and the arch was just part -- we would just sit there and look at it in awe. >> reporter: robert wills is ironically a geology student at cal tech. he was on the beach that day

and began snapping pictures when the rocks started to fall. >> gradually each picture looked crazier and crazier and the whole hillside collapsed and had rocks the size of maybe a small car and more like a piano sized rock falling off. >> reporter: wills had come to watch the stormy conditions. but he doesn't think the high waves caused the collapse. >> on this day there's probably just moisture that then is seeping into the rocks in the last storm that went through and it gradually eventually the arch just fell apart. >> reporter: tourists to the area today say it's not quite the same now. >> i went down there to see the hole and there's no arch and there's a hole. >> all i could think of is what else is going to crumble on this beautiful coast? >> this is just part of my, you know, part of my heart. but things go on. >> reporter: the forces that created the natural treasure have now reclaimed it. but they leave behind the

reminder that we must appreciate nature's beauty when we find it because no earthly things last forever. at tennessee beach, john ramos, cbs 5. so paul, what do you think? do you think the rain probably caused that thing to eventually come down? is that possible? >> i think that's exactly what happened. pick up a gallon of water. heavy. now imagine how much water has fallen in there over the course of the past couple of weeks, storm after storm weakens it and you have a pile of rain like recently and all that weight, sometimes it pulls it down to earth which happened there. the trend over the next six to 10 days won't be wet. we'll be drier than normal. it's going to be colder than normal the entire western half of the country. but that includes the bay area. we are trending colder for mid- january into late january. nice mild day in san jose beautiful live picture right there. high of 60 degrees. we'll also take you to san francisco, coit tower, with you you had a high of 58 today. currently in the city we're 53.

oakland 54. san jose still 57 the warm spot. concord dealt with the fog. concord, livermore, walnut creek today until about lunchtime. and your temperatures have trailed behind. you're conditionally at 46 degrees. the good news is, air quality will be better tomorrow as a cold front approaches. it will not be a "spare the air" day. air quality will go from unhealthy to good in the south bay. east bay and north bay will still be moderate but much better visibility tomorrow compared to today. hi-def doppler is dry right now. showers moving in tomorrow. tonight clouds increase and temperatures won't drop off that much. san jose down to 46, oakland 45, napa tonight 41 degrees. changes coming. we have that cold change because we were above normal temperature-wise today but i showed you that map, we're going to be cold for the next week or so. the change gets here tomorrow. first we get clouds, then showers tomorrow evening as a front moves through. but behind that front, it is going to be arctic. now, the arctic air will modify on this trip from anchorage, alaska to california. but it still will be anywhere from five to 15 degrees colder

than normal on thursday and friday. what does that mean? highs on thursday in the 40s. it means lows on thursday night, friday morning, going to wake up, bundle up the kids at the bus stop, 20s away from the water, even san francisco will flirt with 32. and san jose you likely will drop down to 31 degrees coming up on friday morning. so that's going to be where we bottom out friday morning. after the front moves through, the snow level is going to drop to 1500 feet so we could see isolated snow showers in the north bay down to 1500 feet thursday morning. we all get rain showers tomorrow as that rush of cold air arrives in the bay area. mainly cloudy skies for much of the day tomorrow, showers late. livermore 55 so back down to normal. san jose 55. your average is 59. sunnyvale tomorrow 56. rain moving in late, palo alto on the stanford campus, 56. pacifica 54, hayward 54, benicia 54, vallejo 54, danville 55. around the shores of lake merritt, we're looking at 56

degrees. sonoma 56. petaluma 55. sausalito for your wednesday 54 degrees. extended forecast, showers late tomorrow. that's it for the rain. this is not a rainy pattern but it is going to be chilly. thursday inland upper 40s for highs. that's cold for us. friday sunny but chilly after that cold start. highs in the low 50s. we'll moderate very slowly through the weekend mid-50s saturday and sunday, back to the upper 50s by next monday and tuesday. sports is next.

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it will be a homecoming saturday night for packers i'm excited. stephen curry bobblehead tonight for the warriors. i'm excited about football this week. it will be a homecoming for packers quarterback aaron rodgers. he will make his first-ever start at candlestick park. >> going to be fun. i went to a few baseball games there growing up and saw a game there when i was in college. the stadium has a lot of tradition. it looks like we're kind of fortunate with the weather right now still wondering what that's going to be like. it will be a night game, loud, great environment.

it should be a good game. >> i grilled the packers rookie after he was drafted. maybe you have seen it a few times over the years? how disappointed are you that you will not be a 49er? >> not as disappointed as the 49ers will be that they didn't draft me. >> yeah. >> raiders -- you have seen that a few times, allen, haven't you? >> yeah. >> you have seen this too many times. rolando mcclain arrested again after he gave police a false name at a traffic stop at his home in alabama. earlier this season he was suspended for two games by the raiders for conduct detrimental to the team. he didn't play the final three games. >> i want winners! i want people that want to win. >> could samurai mike be the guy to help turn the bears back into winners? the former head coach of the 49ers is scheduled to interview with chicago for their head coaching vacancy. singletary played his entire hall of fame career with the bears. he spent the last two seasons

as a vikings linebacker coach. last week while rex ryan was vacationing in the bahamas, it was discovered that the jets head coach had a tattoo of his wife in jets number 6 jersey which of course is currently worn by the struggling mark sanchez. now, today ryan broke his silence on his infamous ink. >> yeah, there's a question, is that a real tattoo or not? i'll keep you guessing but now, you know, it is funny. it's actually a tattoo i have had for , you know, like three years going on three years now. and you know, i know what you're thinking. obviously if sanchez doesn't play better that number's changing. that's pretty much a given. [ laughter ] >> good luck with that. pga mother nature finally cooperating in maui final round tournament of champions dustin johnson with a one-shot lead with an eagle on 14. he shoots 68 to finish four strokes ahead of steve stricker for his 7th career win on tour.

alabama beat notre dame for the second straight year. catherine webb screen left coming up right there the girlfriend of crimson tide quarterback aj mccarren. thanks to a few seconds of air time the reigning miss alabama gained over 100,000 new twitter followers. >> she has 100,000 twitter followers now. >> she went from 300 two weeks ago to 200,000 and lebron james is following her now. it's true. lebron james is following her on twitter right now. >> i'm going to get a following myself. [ laughter ] >> hey. >> good luck. good luck trying to compete with lebron james. but when i saw that picture last night, there's only one person i thought of. can we -- as a matter of fact do we have that right there?

[ laughter ] >> oh!! >> now you're going to gain 100,000 twitter followers! so my effort now is to get elizabeth cook 100,000 followers! >> do you see it? allen, help me out! absolutely! >> look at the similarity. >> as a matter of fact, what is your twitter handle because i'm going to join it right now. >> what is it? >> cbs 5 liz. but i'm -- no way i'm going to get -- >> cbs 5 liz, everybody! >> 100,000 by tonight! >> she needs her own bobblehead. >> lebron james... >> look out! love it. >> dennis, i'm going to get you. [ laughter ] captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com e 24/7. call 1-800-progres

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